Books+ Search Results
Hollywood biblical epics : Camp Spectacle and Queer Style from the silent era to the modern day
Author
Title
Hollywood biblical epics : Camp Spectacle and Queer Style from the silent era to the modern day / Richard Lindsay.
ISBN
9781440837524 (hardcover : alk. paper)
144083752X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781440837531 (ebook)
1440837538 (ebook)
9781440837531 (ebook)
Publication
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]
Physical Description
xxxv, 193 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 11, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-183) and index.
Contents
Introduction: "It is as it was"
Part 1. The scripturalization of the King of Kings and The passion of the Christ
The camp King of kings and the monstrous passion
Part 2. The orgies of God: anti-communist gospel, the gospel of the production code, and the gospel of spectacle in postwar biblical films
"You're not a well woman, honey": effeminate villains in biblical films
Ben-Hur and the beefcake bible
Afterword.
Bookmark As
Citation
